No, not really. They are treated with respect, and once they are with their new owner, they will know how best to behave. Their owner has signed a contract stating they understand the guidelines for keeping them. Should the contract be broken, the shop is not liable for whatever may happen, and the pet is returned to me.
There's equal opportunity for them to change for the better. The future is blank! But... Sometimes people need to know and learn first and that's the undertaking for those who know the struggles and problems intimately.
[ And this is where he sizes up to D, shoulders bumping. ]
Your brother? [The request makes him sigh gently.] There isn't much to teach... It's a martial arts technique. You are using your opponent's weight and momentum to your advantage.
Even if you are small and they are large, you usually can toss them by upsetting their balance, then pulling them over your shoulder using your hips.
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The desire part does remind him that it is a shop. ]
Doesn't it put you in a weird spot to be selling them?
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No, not really. They are treated with respect, and once they are with their new owner, they will know how best to behave. Their owner has signed a contract stating they understand the guidelines for keeping them. Should the contract be broken, the shop is not liable for whatever may happen, and the pet is returned to me.
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[ A little tease. ]
You could work on how you feel about other people, though. Not everyone is bad.
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I'm aware, but most are. They have been, or they will be. Humans, at least.
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[ And this is where he sizes up to D, shoulders bumping. ]
You a good teacher?
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The learning is taking too long. The world will be a husk by the time they realize, too late, what they've done to it.
[The bump makes him look at Vash.]
I suppose. Why?
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[ IT REALLY IS JUST KNIVES. ]
I was wondering if you'd teach me the move you did earlier!
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Your brother? [The request makes him sigh gently.] There isn't much to teach... It's a martial arts technique. You are using your opponent's weight and momentum to your advantage.
Even if you are small and they are large, you usually can toss them by upsetting their balance, then pulling them over your shoulder using your hips.
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[ He puts it lightly. ]
That sounds like something to teach to me!
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[STOP VALIDATING KNIVES. Can't stand it out here.]
...Fine. I'll teach you, but do not throw me on the ground like a ruffian.
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[ stop sympathizing with knives. anyway. ]
Cool!
[ and we can wrap this up like this ]
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